Philatelic Science (53)

Philatelic Science!  Rob’s box of stamps generates some science ideas! Wisconsin has indicted a DNA sequence.  Jeff is suddenly bro-ing all the time.

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Bluesky - ‪@tracksidescience.bsky.social‬

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Alcohol

Jeff - 1800 Tequila & Cointreau - Bing’s AI tells me this is a Conintreau Margartia.  Thank god for AI

Rob - GnomeGang Belgian IPA

Links

Macht SH. Postage stamps as a mode of transmitting bacteria. Va Med Mon (1918). 1946 Feb;73:60. PMID: 21011507. (link)

Hopkins B, Williams NJ, Webb MB, Debenham PG, Jeffreys AJ. The use of minisatellite variant repeat-polymerase chain reaction (MVR-PCR) to determine the source of saliva on a used postage stamp. J Forensic Sci. 1994 Mar;39(2):526-31. PMID: 8195763. (link)

https://www.totheletterdna.com/

Keepsake DNA, renamed GEnetic Legacies: https://geneticlegacies.com/

Affinity-DNA: https://www.affinity-dna.com/

Dudás E, Csany M, Galambos A, Vágó-Zalán A, Pamjav H. DNA identification of relics of Blessed Stephen Sándor beatified by Pope Francis 2013. Biol Futur. 2020 Jun;71(1-2):131-136. doi: 10.1007/s42977-020-00002-y. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 34554521. (link)

Bates, Claire. "Who Were My Parents—and Why Was I Left on a Hillside to Die?" BBC News, 18 Mar. 2018, www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678

(2018) Wisconsin indicts a DNA sequence: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dna_from_stamp_is_used_to_indict_john_doe_suspect_for_threatening_judge